Wednesday, August 10, 2011

Shipping containers in Mohave Desert to grow shrimp

An aquaculture farm is to use shipping containers in the Mohave Desert to grow 500,000 lbs of shrimp. This is being done so that the company Blue Oasis Pure Shrimp can meet the supply for Las Vegas of shrimp.  Blue Oasis is touting itself as a truly sustainable company and an alternative to wild caught shrimp.

Little is said about the energy used and how much water is required to run operations, there are lots of questions about weather this is a sustainable viable option to wild caught shrimp. Read more ...

This blog is written by Martin Little, The Aquaculturists, published and supported by the International Aquafeed Magazine from Perendale Publishers

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